ANTH 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Monks Mound, Tumulus, Serpent Mound
19 Mar 2016
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Its peak is a. d 1050 - 1200 (largest pre-columbian settlement north of mexico) It is 8 km2 and an estimated population of 10,000-15,000, but may be closer to 20,000. Abundant monumental architecture - 120 earth works: mounds - the largest being monk"s mound which was named for french monks, acting as missionaries, who were living at the site during the. Monk"s mound was one of the largest pre-columbian structure in the americas: entirely man-made. Organized into 3 broad periods (different terminology than the old world: paleoindian. Non-sedentary societies that subsisted on hunting and gathering: woodland - beginning is associated with the appearance of 1st pottery / from a lifestyle perspective it is associated with an increased reliance on plant agriculture. Late woodland: emergent mississippian, early mississippian, middle mississippian, late mississippian. Long tradition in the us to build large earth works. Many included major modifications of the natural landscape. Most mound constructions were done accretionally (built over time)
